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Atlas of West African urban food systems: examples from Ghana and Burkina Faso

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
natural resources management
water management
peri-urban agriculture
land use
forestry
farming systems
urban areas
This Atlas summarizes recent advances in interdisciplinary approaches and research to address the different components of West African urban food systems, including urban and peri-urban agriculture. It thereby draws on the results of several major collaborative research projects and stakeholder consultations conducted in West Africa over the past two decades, and in particular on the UrbanFoodPlus project in Ghana and Burkina Faso (www.urbanfoodplus.org). The publication targets with its innovative design a broad range of stakeholders.
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WLE focal region brief: Volta and Niger

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria
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Water rights in informal economies in the Limpopo and Volta basins

Reports & Research
January, 2010
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, South-Eastern Asia, Africa
water management
Most African countries underwent water legislation reform since the 1990s, through

which existing plural legal systems were changed into nation-wide permit systems, in

which the state acts as custodian of the nation’s water resources. Although globally

heralded as the best way to manage water resources within the broader context of

Integrated Water Resource Management, this project examines the problematic

implications of the new laws for the majority of the rural and peri-urban poor. Since time
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Volta Basin Development Challenge Documentary Video

September, 2013
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
water management
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Volta storylines and scenarios: A mouthpiece for interventions that enhance livelihoods

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2011
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
water management
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Targeting and Scaling Out

Ciblage et disse?mination

January, 2013
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
water management
The project will develop an evidence and know- ledge-based tool to assess and map the likelihood that a given intervention will be successful in given locations, at the basin scale. The project seeks to answer the question of what works where and why
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Targeting and Scaling-up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin – Ghana: A CPWF V1 MSc Thesis Project

September, 2013
Ghana, Western Africa
water management
Majority of the populace in the Upper West Region of Ghana are small-scale farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture. However, rainfall pattern is uni-modal (April – September) and variable thus making agriculture quite challenging. This has resulted in poverty and food insecurity with migration down south being on the ascendency especially during the dry season.
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The Challenge Program on Water and Food: Volta Basin Development Challenge Inception Workshop Report

Conference Papers & Reports
July, 2011
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
water management
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Sub-basin management and governance of rainwater and small reservoirs

Gestion des sous bassins et gouvernance des eaux pluviales et des petits barrages

December, 2011
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
water management
The project will identify socially acceptable land and water governance options and identify their livelihoods, health and environmental impacts, including spatial and temporal trade-offs at the watershed level.
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Shallow groundwater irrigation in White Volta Basin: Current status, livelihood contributions, and up-scaling potential

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2011
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Africa
farming systems